REVIEW – JILTED (Love Hurts #2) by Sawyer Bennett

Hollywood hath no fury like a woman scorned. In this fun, flirty second-chance romance from New York Times bestselling author Sawyer Bennett, an aspiring starlet reconnects with her first love.

Eden Goodnight went to Los Angeles to make it big, not to be publicly humiliated by her cheating fiancé at a red-carpet premiere. But when Eden returns to her hometown to put the scandal behind her, she can barely find a sympathetic shoulder to cry on. Turns out the locals are worse than the paparazzi, and they all think she’s turned into a spoiled brat. But in a strange twist of fate, the one person who seems to understand what Eden’s going through is Cooper Mayfield . . . the boy she left behind.

Small-town charm is no match for the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. At least that’s what Coop’s been telling himself all these years. As Eden’s old flame—and the landscaper for her family’s historic home—Coop feels some responsibility for getting her out of her funk. But as soon as he sees that million-dollar smile, he’s a goner. Soon they’re making out like teenagers again. But when a life-changing role falls into Eden’s lap, Coop just hopes she doesn’t give up on a love that’s meant to be.

*****Patty’s Review*****

*****FIVE STARS*****
{ARC Generously Provided by Author}

People in town think me a manwhore, and I probably am, but when it comes down to it, I’ve been ruined for anything but Eden. Losing her hurt in a way that I was never able to fully recognize until right this moment as I’m holding her in my arms and floating in the Atlantic Ocean.

JILTED is going up there as one of my most favorite books by Sawyer Bennett. I have read many of her works and can assure you that this woman knows how to write some incredibly entertaining stories. I really don’t even know how she is able to publish the amount of books that she does. Unfortunately, it is daunting at times to try and keep up, and so there are books that I’ve had to pass up but boy am I ever so happy that I chose to review this one!! This story was SCANDALOUSLY HOT and I just couldn’t get enough!! The Hero has an insatiable sexual appetite and I enjoyed getting lost in this story that for me was unputdownable. This is a second chance romance and a truly fun read.

Eden Goodnight is an academy award winning actress at the pinnacle of her career. She’s engaged to Hollywood’s hottest and biggest action hero. Life seems like it couldn’t get any better, but then her bubble bursts when she finds out in a public way that her fiancé has been cheating on her with his latest movie co-star. Needing to get away from all the drama and to clear her head, she decides to go back to her family home back in a small town in Georgia, called Newberry. She left home nearly fourteen years ago when she started her modeling career and only came back once within the past year to attend her estranged Grandmother’s funeral. They were never very close since her Grandmother seemed incapable of showing any emotions or affection towards Eden. The one regret she still carries to this day is the boy she left behind who once owned her heart.

Eden is quite shocked when she pulls up to her home and sees a familiar face. He’s no longer the eighteen-year-old boy who was her first love. No, this guy has grown into the hottest and masculine specimen of a man she has ever seen. When he tells her that he lives in her family home now and that half of it belongs to him, she’s speechless. Her grandmother left half of the estate to Coop in her will.

Coop Mayfield runs a landscaping and design company. It’s the business his father started and was always what he planned on doing since he was a teenager. He has the reputation of being a ladies’ man and he’s pretty satisfied with his life. Relationships are not his thing and he’s always up front with the women he has flings with. He hasn’t been serious about a woman since Eden. That breakup affected him more than he’s willing to admit. He also pushed Eden out of his mind because the heartache was just so unbearable. But now she’s back home and feelings that they both thought were long gone might just be coming back up to the surface.

They both can’t deny the strong physical attraction that seems to still exist between them and come up with an arrangement where they will have mind blowing sex for as long as they can before Eden has to go off to film her next movie. Eden and Coop go into this thing thinking that it’s strictly sex and that there is a definite expiration date to their fling. What they didn’t count on was that things would get serious so fast and that old dilemmas threaten to split the couple apart yet again.

Can these two take advantage of their second chance and change the outcome of their love story or are they doomed to repeat the same mistakes?